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Art Historypresents a broad view of art from prehistory through the Gothic Age, it sympathetically and positively introduces the works of all artists. This includes women, artists of color, and the arts of other continents and regions, as well as those of Western Europe and the United States. Broad in scope and depth, this beautifully illustrated work features art from the following time periods and places: prehistoric art in Europe; ancient art of the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and Greece; Roman and Etruscan art; Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine art; Islamic art; medieval art in Europe; Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance art; Baroque art; the rise of modern art; and the international Avant-Garde since 1945.                              Marilyn Stokstad has been introducing the history of art to students and to the public for more than forty years, nurturing an educated, enthusiastic audience for the arts. She firmly believes that everyone can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will they learn to appreciate art as the most tangible creation of the human imagination.              

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• Chapter 1 Prehistoric Art in Europe
• Chapter 2 Art of the Ancient Near East
• Chapter 3 Art of Ancient Egypt
• Chapter 4 Aegean Art
• Chapter 5 Art of Ancient Greece
• Chapter 6 Etruscan and Roman Art
• Chapter 7 Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art
• Chapter 8 Islamic Art
• Chapter 9 Early Medieval Art in Europe
• Chapter 10 Romanesque Art
• Chapter 11 Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Chapter 12 Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe
• Chapter 13 Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula
• Chapter 14 Renaissance Art in Fifteenth Century Italy
• Chapter 15 Sixteenth-Century Art in Italy
• Chapter 16 Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula
• Chapter 17 Baroque Art
• Chapter 18 Eighteenth-Century Art in Europe and the Americas
• Chapter 19 Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States
• Chapter 20 Modern Art in Europe and the Americas, 19001945
• Chapter 21 The International Scene Since 1945

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Marilyn Stokstad was born in Lansing, Michigan on February 16, 1929. She received an MA from Michigan State University and a Ph.D from the University of Michigan. She taught art history at Kansas University from 1958 until her retirement in 2002. She wrote several textbooks including Art History and Medieval Art. She died on March 4, 2016 at the age of 87.

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